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<h3 class="section">2.11 Core files</h3>


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<h4 class="subsection">2.11.1 Core file functions</h4>


<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
These are functions pertaining to core files.
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<h4 class="subsubsection">2.11.1.1 <code>bfd_core_file_failing_command</code></h4>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">const char *bfd_core_file_failing_command (bfd *abfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
Return a read-only string explaining which program was running
when it failed and produced the core file <var>abfd</var>.
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<h4 class="subsubsection">2.11.1.2 <code>bfd_core_file_failing_signal</code></h4>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">int bfd_core_file_failing_signal (bfd *abfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
Returns the signal number which caused the core dump which
generated the file the BFD <var>abfd</var> is attached to.
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<h4 class="subsubsection">2.11.1.3 <code>bfd_core_file_pid</code></h4>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">int bfd_core_file_pid (bfd *abfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
Returns the PID of the process the core dump the BFD
<var>abfd</var> is attached to was generated from.
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<h4 class="subsubsection">2.11.1.4 <code>core_file_matches_executable_p</code></h4>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example">bfd_boolean core_file_matches_executable_p
   (bfd *core_bfd, bfd *exec_bfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
Return <code>TRUE</code> if the core file attached to <var>core_bfd</var>
was generated by a run of the executable file attached to
<var>exec_bfd</var>, <code>FALSE</code> otherwise.
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<h4 class="subsubsection">2.11.1.5 <code>generic_core_file_matches_executable_p</code></h4>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">bfd_boolean generic_core_file_matches_executable_p
   (bfd *core_bfd, bfd *exec_bfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
Return TRUE if the core file attached to <var>core_bfd</var>
was generated by a run of the executable file attached
to <var>exec_bfd</var>.  The match is based on executable
basenames only.
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<p>Note: When not able to determine the core file failing
command or the executable name, we still return TRUE even
though we&rsquo;re not sure that core file and executable match.
This is to avoid generating a false warning in situations
where we really don&rsquo;t know whether they match or not.
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